Crossing the Sauvignon Blanc

Yan Mo has been acting mysterious these days, often hiding in a space and not coming out. Xiang Liu tried to find her several times but she avoided him. When he asked her what was wrong, Yan Mo just said it was a secret and that she wanted to give him a New Year's gift, and asked him not to ask. Xiang Liu had to give up. It just so happened that he was also preparing a gift for her recently, so the two of them tacitly sneaked around again.

Soon it was time to go to the Chishui Desert again. The Chishui Desert had obviously changed a lot during this period. The desert area was obviously shrinking. Some green spots had grown in the outer desert. Everyone came to check it out out of curiosity, but they didn't find anything. Shaohao, who was far away on the Five Gods Mountain in Gao Xin, stood on the cliff at the top of the Dragon Bone Prison, gazing into the distance, as if waiting for someone.

After a while, a dark figure flew over quickly. When it was almost in front of Shaohao, it knelt on one knee and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have gone to check. The area around the Red Water Desert is indeed shrinking, and some grass has grown on the outermost edge. However, it is still scorching hot inside. I will be seriously injured if I get closer than a few miles, so I dare not go any further. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me!"

"Get up, this is not your fault. Even if it were me, I couldn't get in. You go down first!" Shaohao waved his hand to signal the secret guard to go down on his own.

Shaohao gently stroked and turned the bone ring between his fingers, feeling extremely painful.

"Ah Heng, am I wrong? I know you're suffering there, but I can't do anything. I even lost Xiaoyao. If anything happens to Xiaoyao, how will I explain it to you in the future? Xuanxuan is doing well with me now. I will definitely treat him as my own son and cultivate him to become a talented person so that your brother can rest in peace. I am sorry for you!"

No one knows that the arrogant emperor who killed his father and brother has now been broken inside and suffers from pain and pain every day... leaving only a muttering of self-doubt.

“Did I do something wrong…”

Shaohao was a powerful emperor. Ever since he had eliminated all opposition from the court, even though his harem remained empty, no one dared to ask for a consort. However, every night, only a lonely figure remained on the Five Gods Mountain, gazing towards the Red River, motionless for a long time, as if he could transcend time and space, bringing his guilt, longing, and regret to her side...

Xiangliu and Yan Mo hid their figures and passed silently through the spies surrounding the desert. They were not worried that anyone would follow them because no one could get deep into where they were going.

The night wind was cool and could not blow away the heat of the desert. People searched in vain and left quietly, shaking their heads and sighing, thinking they had found some treasure!

As Yan Mo absorbed more of the Sunfire's energy, Xiling Heng, far away in the center, didn't feel it as clearly, but she still felt it, though she didn't pay much attention. She continued to caress the peach trees every day, sometimes laughing, sometimes feeling pain, sometimes happy, tirelessly repeating the same thing over and over again.

She couldn't see her own face, but she knew she was completely unrecognizable and very ugly. She could tell by looking at her charred, skinny hands. But he said it didn't matter, his heart still beat for her, and he missed their daughter with her. He wanted to tell her in person that her parents loved her very much and not to feel ashamed of them...

Another night passed. After Yan Mo absorbed enough energy, he and Xiang Liu entered the space and came out two days later.

"Xiangliu, I'll be able to bring Xiaoyao here at the beginning of next year. The energy of the Sun Fire is so powerful. With my absorption speed, I've only absorbed one-tenth of it several times. It's terrifying. Once I absorb it all, will I become the best in the world? Just thinking about it makes me excited!"

"Are you feeling unwell? Is this really okay?" Xiangliu was still a little worried.

"I don't feel anything, I just feel healthy and refreshed, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

"Then let's go back, um, buy some New Year's goods..."

On New Year's Eve, Abao, Maoqiu and Xiaoyao put on their new clothes early and ran to Yan Mo and Xiangliu to wish them a happy new year. Yan Mo and Xiangliu also gave them gifts respectively. The children were very happy and ran to play. When Yan Mo came back, he asked Xiangliu to help make a few swings and a slide overnight. Now the children are having a lot of fun.

Watching them having fun, Yan Mo snuggled in Xiang Liu's arms

"Xiangliu, do you feel like we are their parents? Seeing them happy, I really feel like they are my own children. Are we too mature and steady?"

"Ok!"

"Then what are we waiting for? I don't want to be their parents. I want to join them too." As she said this, she pulled Xiangliu towards Xiaoyao and the others. Xiangliu was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and followed her lead to run towards Maoqiu and the others.

"Xiaoyao, Maoqiu, Abao, you are the baby chicks now, and I am the hen that protects you. Brother is the badass eagle. You hide behind me and I will protect you. Don't let brother catch you, otherwise you will be eaten by the badass eagle. Do you understand?"

"understood!"

"Ah, the eagle is coming to catch us, quickly hide behind mother..."

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The silent night sky, the dark forest, the brightly lit cliff top, rows of red lanterns lit up all night long, and from the open plain came the screams of chasing and playing, laughter, the joking sounds of those caught playing tricks, and the roaring laughter of the nine-headed monster, who tasted the simple joy of a child for the first time.

The game of Eagle Catches Chicken in the Great Wilderness spread from then on, becoming a childhood memory for countless children in the Great Wilderness...

Late at night, the children fell asleep from playing too much. Yan Mo and Xiang Liu both sat on the swing chair, which was designed with two people sitting together in mind.

Yan Mo took out a brocade box from the space and handed it to Xiang Liu.

"Open it and take a look?" Yan Mo looked at him expectantly.

"Okay." Xiangliu took the brocade box, touched the button lightly, and slowly opened it. He saw a hair crown made entirely of black ice jade, with a nine-headed snake and a phoenix chasing each other in the middle.

Xiangliu looked up at Yan Mo, not knowing what to say for a moment. He liked the gift very much.

Yan Mo took the gift box and put it aside. He slowly stood up and walked behind Xiang Liu. He gently lifted up his silver hair and untied the silver hair that was casually tied up on his head. The long silver hair fell casually on his shoulders. Yan Mo gently straightened it with his hands and said as he did so:

"I always see you wearing a hair crown when you're a Fengbei. I think it's the rite of passage your mother gave you, a sign of your coming of age. But I've never seen you wearing a hair crown when you were Xiangliu. I don't know if it's because no one bought you one as Xiangliu. But I want to make one for you. My Lord Xiangliu has also come of age and can marry and have children."

Soon, Yan Mo put the Xuanbing Jade Crown over the silver hair, passed the hairpin through it, and returned to Xiang Liu, looking at him gently.

"Sir, it looks so good! You have to wear it from now on, and you are not allowed to take it off except when you are resting, okay?"

Xiangliu pulled her into his arms and gently replied, "Okay! Thank you, Amo."

"We're so connected, look what I've prepared for you!"

Xiangliu also smiled and handed Yan Mo a brocade box. Yan Mo opened it gently and found that it was a hairpin made of the sacred Wutong wood. It was carved with a snake and a phoenix entangled with each other, and the snake's tail was just at the tip, which was very beautiful.

Yan Mo and Xiang Liu looked at each other and laughed at the same time. They really have a tacit understanding!

Just like Yan Mo helped him cut his hair, Xiangliu helped Yan Mo to re-style his hair and put a hairpin on Yan Mo.

"Two grown-up kids, isn't it time to do some adult things? Ah Mo said I can get married and have kids now!"

"Ah."

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